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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 25, 2024

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). The result was…

Congressional Record · 2024-09-25
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 24, 2024

Mr. President, as a Senator from a rural State and a former chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, expanding broadband access to rural areas has long been a priority of mine. I have done a lot of work on…

Congressional Record · 2024-09-24
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 24, 2024

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde- Smith), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). The result was…

Congressional Record · 2024-09-24
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 23, 2024

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Alaska…

Congressional Record · 2024-09-23
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 19, 2024

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). The result was…

Congressional Record · 2024-09-19
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 19, 2024

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Senate Legislative Agenda

Congressional Record · 2024-09-19
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 19, 2024

Mr. President, it was another installment of show-vote summer in the Senate this week. Really, the Senate is starting to feel like an arm of the DNC. I say ``show vote'' because, of course, this week's vote and the other show votes we have…

Congressional Record · 2024-09-19
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 19, 2024

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Missouri…

Congressional Record · 2024-09-19
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 18, 2024

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). The yeas and nays…

Congressional Record · 2024-09-18
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 18, 2024

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). Further, if…

Congressional Record · 2024-09-18
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 18, 2024

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). Further, if…

Congressional Record · 2024-09-18
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 18, 2024

Mr. President, August border numbers came out on money, bringing the total number of encounters at our southern border, thus far, for fiscal year 2024 to more than 2 million--2,033,260 to be precise--the third highest total ever recorded…

Congressional Record · 2024-09-18
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 17, 2024

The following Senators are neccessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). Further, if present and voting: the Senator from North…

Congressional Record · 2024-09-17
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 17, 2024

Mr. President, before I begin, I just want to say how grateful I am that President Trump is safe after what appears to be a second attempt on his life in the space of 2 months. The trend this election cycle has taken toward violence is…

Congressional Record · 2024-09-17
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 17, 2024

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). Further, if present and…

Congressional Record · 2024-09-17
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 17, 2024

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). Further, if present and voting: the Senator from North Carolina…

Congressional Record · 2024-09-17
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 16, 2024

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Alabama (Mrs. Britt), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). The result was announced--yeas…

Congressional Record · 2024-09-16
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 12, 2024

Mr. President, like many of our colleagues, I spend a lot of summer days on the road in my home State of South Dakota. The longer summer recesses give me the opportunity to travel the State far and wide, and with so much going on in South…

Congressional Record · 2024-09-12